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  2. The Retort Courteous.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—Is a mere digger's better half (?) allowed to butt in on your domain with a little war-time incident which sticks in my mind as ...

    Article : 232 words
  3. In the Army.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—When Allan Herbert (later, Captain Herbert) joined the reinforcements of the 10th L.H. early in 1915 I was in the orderly ...

    Article : 282 words
  4. A Digger's Diary

    Dear "Non-Com."—When the mob, after much training, went into the line in September, 1917, I was one of the fortunate ones picked out for ten per ...

    Article : 721 words
  5. Personal War Tales.

    Those of our readers who took part in the Great War are invited to send for publication short accounts of happenings with which they themselves were concerned. The tales can be either ...

    Article : 97 words
  6. THE WEEK'S BEST YARN.

    Dear "Non-Com."—"Gidgie's" article on "Cushy Jobs" brought to mind an incident which happened on the Somme in October, 1916. ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. A Billet in France.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—The battalion had had a long, rough spin at Westhoek Ridge, Zonnebeke and Passchendaele and we were all very much the worse ...

    Article : 696 words
  8. Our Contributors.

    This charming picture of "Abdul" was sent in by "The Duchess of Avon." "Abdul" is in a lovely evening frock of Celanese silk with tassels ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  9. Room to Learn.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—My first attempt. I was one of the guard at the time of this yarn. On a troopship in 1917 there was a ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. A Terrible Fellah!

    Dear "Non-Com."—Remarks made today by my better half about the habits and independence of our cat brought the following yarn. It was ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. The Western Front.

    Charles Robert Harvey, D.C.M., on May 12, at Kundip, accidentally; late 11th Battalion, A.I.F. ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. Not Grousin'!

    "Who says I'm grousin'? The war will do me all right," indignantly replied Blue, when the sergeant asked for complaints. ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. The "One-One-Fours."

    Dear "Non-Com."—At Sailly o' Bois, early in 1916 was a battery which was always referred to as "one-one-four." The crew had earned a reputation for ...

    Article : 216 words
  14. Information Supplied.

    Dear "Non-Com." — "Hard-hit," Yuna, asks if A. J. Allen (27th Battalion), whose name appeared in the list of those present at the Boddington ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. The Stretcher Bearers.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Further to "Toxite's" item on stretcher-bearers being deliberately fired at. During the advance along the Somme in August ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. Wake Up, Eleventh!

    Diggers and cobbers and brothers-in-arms of the old 11th, what has happened to us all that we have no official or semi-official battalion history? I ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 115 words
  18. "Tell it to the Marines."

    Dear "Non-Com."—"R.M.I.I.'s" version of "Tell it to the Marines" may be correct, but the following was in circulation ten years ago:— ...

    Article : 84 words
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